On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 09:12:16AM +0000, Sergio Brandano wrote:
> > Of course, you could also implement something like a bulletin board
> > on HTTP over SSL instead... or maybe SMTP over SSL to each individual
> > list subscriber. (insecure; most subscribers don't run their own mail
> > server)
>
> I have a comment on this, related to the never ending battle against
> SPAM. Why is that mailing lists, that are open only to subscribers,
> make public the content of thir messages (including addresses) on the
> web? Yes, archiving. But that opens the way to address collection.
>
I think the idea is that the general public might want to see what the
intelligent people on the mailing list have to say. There is a lot of good
info on solving specific problems that can be found in mailing list
archives.
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